Every Supreme Court justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School — here's where they went for undergrad

Wikimedia CommonHarvard and Yale Law School graduates have established themselves in some of America's most powerful positions — from president to Supreme Court justice.

In fact, every single current member of the Supreme Court attended law school at Harvard or Yale — though Ruth Bader Ginsburg ultimately got her degree from Columbia Law School after transferring from Harvard Law.

Less well-known is where the justices attended for their undergraduate studies.

Take a look below to find out the alma maters of the justices of the highest court in America. We have included the alma mater of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died recently at the age of 79.

Clarence Thomas — College of the Holy Cross

Thomas graduated cum laude from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 with a degree in English literature. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1974.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Cornell University

Left: Ginsburg in her cheerleading days at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, N.Y, circa 1949.
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Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a degree in government. She started at Harvard Law School in 1956, before transferring to Columbia Law School when her husband took a job in New York.